16 April 2025 · Planning Committee
60, Snaefell Road, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM2 6ng
Douglas City Council applied to continue using the former site of two semi-detached houses at 60 and 62 Snaefell Road as a temporary storage compound for construction materials and skips linked to the ongoing Willaston Estate Renovation Project, which involves 730 public housing units.
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The officer noted the proposal's temporary nature supports the Willaston Estate Renovation Project, a significant public benefit improving housing quality for 730 units, with no viable alternative sit…
General Policy 2
Subsections (b)(c)(g)(h)(i)(k) require safety/efficiency/accessibility for highway users, protection of amenities, and no unacceptable pollution. Tested against dust/noise/traffic impacts on neighbours and highway safety; harms acknowledged but mitigated by conditions and outweighed by public benefit.
Environment Policy 22
Prohibits development with unacceptable pollution impacts. Dust assessed as air pollution limited to immediate neighbours; not deemed unacceptable given temporary nature and public benefit, noting planning does not duplicate other agency controls.
Environment Policy 43
Listed as materially relevant but no specific assessment details provided in report.
Strategic Policy 10
With GP2(h)(i), requires highway safety/efficiency. Satisfied as Highway Services raised no objection.
Cessation and site clearance
The use hereby approved shall cease by 1st April 2026, and the site cleared of any stored materials and storage containers by that date. Reason: The use proposed is only temporary, and in view of its potential impact on neighbouring living conditions needs to be monitored.
Operating hours
The site shall not be used (with the exception for storage purposes) or open except 8:00 - 17:00 Monday to Friday, and 8:00 to 12:00 on Saturdays. The site shall not be used or open on Sundays, Public Holidays, or during TT fortnight. Reason: In the interest of protecting neighbouring residential amenity.
Limit on containers and skips
No more than two storage containers and six skips may be located on the site at any one time. Reason: In the interest of protecting public amenity.
Height limit
Other than two storage containers nothing, either individually or collectively, in excess of 2.4m in height may be placed on the site. Reason: In the interest of protecting public amenity.
No manufacturing
No manufacturing shall take place on the site. Reason: In the interest of protecting neighbouring residential amenity.
Remediation plan
Within 28 days of the temporary use hereby ceasing, a remediation plan for the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Department. That remediation plan shall include a timescale for works and shall specify the landscaping for the site. The remediation plan shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and retained thereafter. Reason: In the interest of protecting public amenity and neighbouring residential amenity.
no objection
no objection; no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking
no objection; no adverse effect on the adjacent watercourse; precautions needed to reduce harmful materials entering river
Highway Services and Douglas Borough Council raised no objections to the temporary storage compound application, while DEFA Inland Fisheries had no objection provided no pollution to the adjacent watercourse; multiple local residents strongly objected due to noise, dust, debris, traffic, and health impacts.
Highway Services HDC
No ObjectionAfter reviewing this Application, Highway Services HDC finds it to have no significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking.
Douglas Borough Council
No ObjectionDouglas Borough Council has no objections.
Douglas Borough Council
No ObjectionDouglas Borough Council has no objections.
DEFA Inland Fisheries
Conditional No ObjectionDEFA, fisheries have no objections to this development from a fisheries perspective, provided that there is no adverse effect on the adjacent watercourse. As the proposed works are in close proximity to the watercourse, precautions will be needed to reduce the possibility of harmful materials such as concrete or washings entering the river.
Conditions requested: precautions will be needed to reduce the possibility of harmful materials such as concrete or washings entering the river
